Cursor Shows GPT-5?

Chat GPT 4o reply:

Thanks for the screenshot.

What you’re showing is from Cursor — a code editor that integrates AI capabilities and allows connections to various models, not just from OpenAI, but also from Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), and others. In your screenshot, we see:

  • gpt-5

  • gpt-5-fast

  • claude-4-sonnet

  • gemini-2.5-pro

  • etc.

What does this mean?

As of now, OpenAI has not officially released a model called GPT-5. So what you’re seeing is likely:

  1. A marketing or internal label – It’s possible that Cursor or another provider is labeling an improved or customized version of GPT-4 (like GPT-4o) as “gpt-5” to differentiate between tiers or performance levels.

  2. An early-access or unofficial release – While theoretically possible, it’s very unlikely that GPT-5 would be available to Cursor users without any official announcement from OpenAI.

  3. A third-party model using the name “gpt-5” – Unfortunately, some platforms rebrand existing models with new names for promotional purposes, even when the underlying technology hasn’t changed.

Conclusion

Unless OpenAI publicly announces GPT-5 — which hasn’t happened as of August 2025 — any reference to “gpt-5” in Cursor is either a rebranding, an internal naming convention, or a third-party integration. Currently, ChatGPT (this platform) does not have access to GPT-5 because it officially doesn’t exist.

If you’d like, I can check official sources to verify whether anything new has been released recently.

Hey, GPT-5 has already been released and is available in Cursor.

are you sure it is free ?

Absolutely free, the “API cost” column shows what it would cost if you were using your own API key. The actual amount you’re paying is shown in the “Cost to You” column.

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Then why does claude-4-sonnet-thinking and o3 showing $0 they are also free ?

They are included in your monthly quota.